Dear colleagues,
I have been asked the question below, to which I cannot remember the answer either. Does anyone else have a better memory (or the forethought to make a note of the reference) or is able to point us to equivalent information? Any leads would be most welcome.
"I’m currently putting together a small presentation for a workshop on digitisation . . . and, as is the way of things, trying to track down a reference for a piece I once read about the loss of manuscript collections in India since the Raghavan survey. I remember once reading some astonishing assertion of the percentage of manuscripts listed in that survey that were no longer extent but stupidly didn’t note the reference. I had thought it was in one of Dominik Wujastyk’s articles but have failed to find anything beyond more general comments about the 19th century being the point at which India had the richest manuscript collections."
Best wishes
John Brockington
Professor J.L. Brockington Emeritus Professor of Sanskrit, University of Edinburgh Vice President, International Association of Sanskrit Studies 113 Rutten Lane Yarnton Kidlington 0X5 1LT tel: 01865 849438
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